as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
And, yet, there also is a sense of an appreciation of a new era, where first-round picks on rookie-scale contracts stand invaluable at a time when other soaring salaries are resulting in logjams against the salary cap, luxury tax and tax aprons.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
That version also caps lifetime graduate borrowing at $100,000 or $150,000 for professional programs, and parent PLUS loans at $50,000 per parent.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 18 June 2025
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Noun
Since 2013, the Dodgers have exceeded MLB’s luxury tax threshold (the closest thing baseball has to a soft salary cap) eight times and topped the league in spending seven times.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
And, yet, there also is a sense of an appreciation of a new era, where first-round picks on rookie-scale contracts stand invaluable at a time when other soaring salaries are resulting in logjams against the salary cap, luxury tax and tax aprons.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Verb
The Oregon Legislature signed off on a bill that would cap funding at $800 million for a potential Major League ballpark in Portland.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
That version also caps lifetime graduate borrowing at $100,000 or $150,000 for professional programs, and parent PLUS loans at $50,000 per parent.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cap
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The final draft includes a $40,000 cap, but would limit it for five years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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Defining What is Wellbeing Intelligence: A Mental Health Skillset Wellbeing intelligence relies on a continuous self-assessment that does not limit itself to mental health.—
Thomas Roulet,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Instead of rotating his cows among fields every few weeks, Steyer restricts them to a small area and moves them more frequently.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Endowment funds are usually restricted for specific purposes, such as a scholarship for a student who meets certain criteria.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2025
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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